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The '''Jeskeri Mysteries''' wasis a religious cult on [[Sel]] which involvedinvolves human sacrifice.{{book ref|b|e|cElantris|32}} It wasis an offshoot of [[Jesker]], butwhich [[Galladon]] insistedinsists it wasis a perversion of Jesker and scarcely related.{{book ref|b|e|cElantris|16}}{{book ref|b|e|cElantris|19}}
 
Jesker ascribes importance to the heaven's movements, like the moon, and the followers of the Mysteries frequently hold rituals on nights of the full moon.{{book ref|Elantris|33}}
The '''Jeskeri Mysteries''' was a religious cult on [[Sel]] which involved human sacrifice.{{ref|b|e|c|32}} It was an offshoot of [[Jesker]], but [[Galladon]] insisted it was a perversion of Jesker.{{ref|b|e|c|16}}{{ref|b|e|c|19}}
 
When [[Hrathen]] first talked to [[Dilaf]] he wondered about his religious fervor and comparedthought it more in mind moreline with the attitudes of followers of the Jeskeri Mysteries rather than finding such people in the religionthose of [[Shu-Dereth]].{{book ref|b|e|cElantris|3}}
 
On [[Sarene]]'s effort it was revealeddiscovered that King [[Iadon]] followed the Jeskeri Mysteries cult and alsohad ritually sacrificed womenseveral female palace servants as petitions for supernatual intervention from the Jesker spirits.{{book ref|bElantris|e|c|3332}}
 
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